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12 - The Gathering Storm - Robert Jordan (2009-10), Books, The Wheel of Time Books
 
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Praise for the
THE WHEEL OF TIME
®
“The battle scenes have the breathless urgency of firsthand experience, and the . . . evil laced into
the forces of good, the dangers latent in any promised salvation, the sense of the unavoidable
onslaught of unpredictable events bear the marks of American national experience during the last
three decades.”
—
The New York Times
“Has all the breadth and depth that have made this fantasy author one of the acknowledged greats
of the genre.”
—
Publishers Weekly
“His writing is distinguished . . . by the richness of its fabric, with all the charm and naïveté of the
Brothers Grimm and the social/moral commentary of Huxley’s
Brave New World
. With his well-
fleshed-out characters, dark imagery, comic relief, vivid landscapes, and a fascinating sense of
timelessness, Jordan has created a complex literature with a language and reality all its own.”
—
BookPage
“Throughout Jordan’s preeminent high-fantasy saga . . . the characters (minor as well as major),
the world, and the source of powers have remained remarkably rich and consistent—no mean
feat. . . . Amid all the Sturm und Drang, however, is a finely tuned comic strain that both leavens the
story and adds to its development. A major fantasy epic.”
—
Booklist
“Truth is not only stranger, it’s richer than fiction, but Jordan’s fictional universe approaches the
variety and complexity of the real. . . . Plotlines [are] strummed with resonating long-wave rhythms
something like Beethoven’s
Eroica
.”
—Robert Knox,
MPG Newspapers
“Adventure and mystery and dark things that move in the night—a combination of Robin Hood and
Stephen King that is hard to resist. Furthermore, Jordan makes the reader put down the book regretting
the wait for the next title in the series.”
—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“The Wheel of Time [is] rapidly becoming the definitive American fantasy saga. It is a fantasy
tale seldom equaled and still less often surpassed in English.”
—
Chicago Sun-Times
“In the decades since J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy was published, many fantasy
writers have tried to capture the spirit of that seminal work. While many have been able to imitate the
style, develop a similarly swift and complex plot, and create convincing characters, none have
captured the spirit of small men and mighty, struggling against a force of overwhelming evil. Robert
Jordan has.”
—
Ottawa Citizen
“Jordan has a powerful vision of good and evil—but what strikes me as most pleasurable . . . is
all the fascinating people moving through a rich and interesting world.”
—Orson Scott Card
“Jordan can always be counted on to ground his dizzying intrigues in solid chunks of cultural
detail, and he here rises to the occasion, with chapters as dense as Spenserian stanzas with symbols
and rituals. . . . He manipulates the disorder of his narrative to credibly convey a sense of an
embattled world on the verge of self-destruction, and he entertainingly juxtaposes the courtly civility
of his villains with the precarious chaos they cause.”
—
Publishers Weekly
“Jordan continues to utilize his towering imagination to construct plots of incredible ingenuity and
develop themes hidden, sometimes quite deeply, in earlier installments. As ever, Jordan writes
intelligently and lyrically—one of the most literary exponents of the genre.”
—
SFX
“Beware, there is magic in these books. They are liable to make you neglect your work and keep
you up way past your bedtime. . . . This is the genuine article.”
—John Lee,
The Suffolk County News
“Jordan’s bestselling high-fantasy series carries on . . . colossal, dauntingly complex
storytelling . . . the narrative employs elements of realism rare in high fantasy.”
—
Publishers Weekly
(starred review)
“Jordan’s characters [are] fleshed out with the strengths and weaknesses of real men and
women. . . . Invokes the end-of-the-world milieu of Stephen King’s
The Stand
.”
—
The Post and Courier
(Charleston, S.C.)
“Jordan writes with the stark vision of light and darkness, and sometimes childlike sense of
wonder, that permeates J. R. R. Tolkien’s works. His style is undebatably his own.”
—
The Pittsburgh Press
“[The Wheel of Time] will be the definitive American exploration of Tolkien’s territory for many
years to come. Jordan can spin as rich a world and as event-filled a tale as the master, and the
presence of women and a certain sense of the comic possibilities of a high destiny add further
dimension to the work.”
—
Booklist
“Jordan’s multivolume epic continues to live up to its high ambitions. Complex plotting, an array
of strong characters, lavish detail, and a panoramic scope make this series a feast for fantasy
aficionados. . . . Richly detailed and vividly imagined.”
—
Library Journal
“Jordan’s writing is clear and his vision is fascinating, as are the philosophies [that] run his
characters. And speaking of characters, a more interesting bunch I would be hard put to name.”
—
Science Fiction Review
“The most ambitious American fantasy saga, The Wheel of Time, [may] also be the finest. . . . [It]
surpasses all but a few of its peers.”
—
Booklist
“The complex philosophy behind the Wheel of Time series is expounded so simply the reader
often gives a start of surprise at returning to the real world. Rand’s adventures are not finished and
neither is this thinking person’s fantasy series.”
—
Brunswick Sentinel
(Australia)
“Intricate allegorical fantasy [that] recalls the works of Tolkien because of its intensity and
warmth.”
—
Publishers Weekly
“Robert Jordan can write one hell of a story. . . . [He] keeps the suspense acute and the surprises
and invention beautifully paced. Compelling. An exhilarating experience.”
—
Asimov’s Science Fiction
“[The Wheel of Time is] a work of genuine and often stirring imagination.”
—
Kirkus Reviews
“For those who like to keep themselves in a fantasy world, it’s hard to beat the complex, detailed
world created here.”
—
Locus
“Jordan’s talent for sustaining the difficult combination of suspense and resolution, so necessary
in a multivolume series . . . is nothing short of remarkable.”
—
Library Journal
“Jordan has not merely put old wine into new bottles: He has clothed old bones with new flesh.”
—
Chicago Sun-Times
THE GATHERING STORM
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